Biostatistics PhD student Yuhan Qian has won first place in the 2025 American Statistical Association (ASA) Student Paper Competition in the Biopharmaceutical Section for his paper, “From Estimands to Robust Inference of Treatment Effects in Platform Trials.”

While working as a biostatistician at a biopharmaceutical company in South Korea, Taek Son realized he wanted to improve his statistical knowledge, to be involved in projects that required cutting edge techniques, and to tackle public health issues. Pursuing a PhD in Biostatistics at UW was the most efficient way he saw to do this.

Alejandro Hernandez was a Computer Science student in his undergraduate studies, but found his way to studying biostatistics in graduate school due to a motivation and drive to apply data science in ways that improve people’s lives.

Biostatistics PhD student Yinxiang Wu has won a 2025 Distinguished Student Paper Award from the American Statistical Association Section on Statistics in Genomics and Genetics (SSGG) for his work, “A More Credible Approach to Multivariable Mendelian Randomization.”

Biostatistics student Miaolei Bao came to UW to understand the rationale and statistical rigor underlying scientific studies. In a new Q&A, she reflects on her experiences in the Master of Science Capstone program.